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August 30, 2024
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Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Guidance
Guidelines for the use of Pohewa Pae Tawhiti to support decisions around changes in land use
Pohewa Pae Tawhiti (PPT) (Visualising Horizons) combines whakaarotau and pohewa (priorities and visions) with biophysical data (current and modelled future) to enable potential options for…
Interactive Tool
LAWA: Actions for Healthy Waterways
The ‘Actions for Healthy Waterways’ topic on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website presents the land management actions that New Zealanders have taken throughout…
Summary
Project Summary: Reducing Variation in Apple Tree Yield
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to see if trees on different soil types on the same apple…
Technical Report
Perspectives on ‘regenerative outcomes' and associated research needs: insights from consultation with participants in four sectors – arable, dairy, sheep & beef, and viticulture
This reports outlines the outcomes and research needed by representatives of four key New Zealand agricultural sectors (dairy, sheep and beef, arable, and viticulture). The…
Journal Article
Applications of the Soil, Plant and Rumen Microbiomes in Pastoral Agriculture
This paper was commissioned by Our Land and Water to test the hypothesis: ‘Significant additional gains in soil, plant, and animal productivity, coupled with reduced…
EU Green Deal: Impact on NZ Exports
The European Union’s Green Deal’s impact on primary production exports
This project has produced
Technical Report
Consumer Insights and Willingness to Pay for Attributes: NZ Wine in California, USA
To achieve greater value in global markets, New Zealand can increase its understanding of our international customers' demands for products from New Zealand's land and…
Summary
Nutrient losses from global dairy production systems differ
The demand for dairy produce is growing alongside concerns about the impact of intensive dairying on water quality owing to nutrient loss. We found that…
Journal Article
Meeting the Growing Need for Land-Water System Modelling to Assess Land Management Actions
Elevated contaminant levels and hydrological alterations resulting from land use are degrading aquatic ecosystems on a global scale. A range of land management actions may…
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